Description:

This text has a core/modular format, in which the core chapters (volume 1) provide fundamental concepts and principles, and modular chapters (volume 2) introduce new topics, such as biochemistry, polymer chemistry, nuclear chemistry, etc. that can be selected for inclusion in the course at the discretion of the instructor, according to the needs of the students and the program.

Features:

• Core-modular format provides full coverage of chemistry fundamentals and flexibility to design text to fit different curricula.

• Underlying themes link core material into a unified whole.

• Core concepts described using concrete models and illustrated with practical, everyday applications.

• Problems that require making observations and interpreting data, resulting in an improved understanding of seemingly difficult concepts.

• Chapter on instrumental analysis introduces students to the methods and tools chemists use to solve real world problems.

• The Preface